You can follow any one of these methods below to convert numbers stored as text to numbers in Microsoft Excel: Using the Text to column button Using Value function Changing the format Use Paste ...

Trying to use an Excel Date and Time function, but Excel returns a serial number instead of date; this is because Excel stores dates and times in serial numbers in the backend; for instance, when ...

Warnings Excel will only produce binary numbers with up to 10 bits. This means that it can only convert decimal numbers greater than -513 and less than 512.